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The domestic benchmark indices opened higher on Monday, buoyed by positive global cues, with early trade seeing strong buying interest in the IT, PSU bank, and financial services sectors.
As of around 9:29 am, the Sensex was trading 396.06 points or 0.50 per cent higher at 78,949.26, while the Nifty rose 98.20 points or 0.41 per cent to 23,949.85.
The Nifty Bank index surged 862.25 points or 1.59 per cent to 55,152.45. The Nifty Midcap 100 was trading at 52,891.30, up 233.50 points or 0.44 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 climbed 50.15 points or 0.31 per cent to 16,460.35.
According to market watchers, after the positiv...